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I've spent the last couple of days extracted information from a set of photos I took ages ago, but hadn't really looked at.
I've accumulated so many photos of brewing records that I mostly only process them when I need them for a book project. I've gone through every single one for WW I and WW II. And most post-WW II ones as well. Because those were the periods I've been writing about in the last couple of years.
I'd not got around to William Younger's 1888 brewing book, despite having written a whole book on Scottish beer. The reason I hadn't bothered was that I'd already done a brewing book from just a few years before, 1885. Others appeared more useful.
Why have I finally become arsed? Because I'm throwing together Strong Ale recipes for a new edition of my book "Strong!". Not wanting to repeat Younger's recipes that were in "Scootland! vol. 2", the simplest way was to use records that I knew I'd never used before.
I'm glad that I could be bothered. Since I found some more weirdness.
William Younger was an odd brewery. They had an immense range of beers, many very similar to each other. For example, in addition to the numbered Strong Ales, they also had a set of strong Shilling Ales.
In the brewing book I've found 29 different beers. Which is way more than most breweries produced. It's not even the full set. As it only includes a couple of Pale Ales and they had far more than that. But that's because the brewing book is from the Abbey Brewery. Their other plant, the Holyrood Brewery, was where most of the Pale Ales were brewed.
William Younger beers in 1888
Beer
Style
OG
1
Strong Ale
1105.0
2
Strong Ale
1091.0
3
Strong Ale
1081.0
100/-
Ale
1080.0
120/-
Ale
1090.0
140/-
Ale
1106.0
160/-
Ale
1118.0
3 Sp
Strong Ale
1081.0
3 Stg
Strong Ale
1101.0
3 Wk
Strong Ale
1061.0
50/-
Ale
1038.0
60/-
Ale
1053.0
80/-
Ale
1068.0
DBS
Stout
1076.0
H 60/-
Ale
1047.0
P
Pale Ale
1051.0
S Ext
Pale Ale
1071.0
S1
Stout
1078.0
S1 Sp
Stout
1076.0
S2
Stout
1068.0
S3
Stout
1055.0
Special S1 Hong Kong
Stout
1077.0
T
Table Beer
1032.0
T
Table Beer
1034.0
X
Mild
1063.0
XP
Pale Ale
1057.0
XPS
Pale Ale
1057.0
XX
Mild
1061.0
XXX
Mild
1071.0
Source:
William Younger brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number WY/6/1/2/34.
What's the weirdness, then? I hear you ask. With No. 3. They brewed a standard a strong and a weak version. The strong one being just about as strong as No. 1. So why not just brew No.1? I really can't see the point. As for the weaker one, why not simply call it No. 4? A beer which they had brewed at one point.
William Younger numbered Strong Ales in 1888
Beer
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
dry hops (oz / barrel)
1
1106.0
1038.0
9.00
64.15%
22.73
11.73
14.08
3 Strong
1101.0
1033.0
9.00
67.33%
12.80
6.30
19.78
2
1091.0
1035.0
7.41
61.54%
9.4
4.17
10.00
3 Sp
1081.0
1022.0
7.81
72.84%
12.43
4.59
0.00
3
1080.0
1030.0
6.61
62.50%
10.50
3.91
9.38
3 Weak
1061.0
1018.0
5.69
70.49%
8.17
2.11
0.00
Source:
William Younger brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number WY/6/1/2/34.
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I've spent the last couple of days extracted information from a set of photos I took ages ago, but hadn't really looked at.
I've accumulated so many photos of brewing records that I mostly only process them when I need them for a book project. I've gone through every single one for WW I and WW II. And most post-WW II ones as well. Because those were the periods I've been writing about in the last couple of years.
I'd not got around to William Younger's 1888 brewing book, despite having written a whole book on Scottish beer. The reason I hadn't bothered was that I'd already done a brewing book from just a few years before, 1885. Others appeared more useful.
Why have I finally become arsed? Because I'm throwing together Strong Ale recipes for a new edition of my book "Strong!". Not wanting to repeat Younger's recipes that were in "Scootland! vol. 2", the simplest way was to use records that I knew I'd never used before.
I'm glad that I could be bothered. Since I found some more weirdness.
William Younger was an odd brewery. They had an immense range of beers, many very similar to each other. For example, in addition to the numbered Strong Ales, they also had a set of strong Shilling Ales.
In the brewing book I've found 29 different beers. Which is way more than most breweries produced. It's not even the full set. As it only includes a couple of Pale Ales and they had far more than that. But that's because the brewing book is from the Abbey Brewery. Their other plant, the Holyrood Brewery, was where most of the Pale Ales were brewed.
William Younger beers in 1888
Beer
Style
OG
1
Strong Ale
1105.0
2
Strong Ale
1091.0
3
Strong Ale
1081.0
100/-
Ale
1080.0
120/-
Ale
1090.0
140/-
Ale
1106.0
160/-
Ale
1118.0
3 Sp
Strong Ale
1081.0
3 Stg
Strong Ale
1101.0
3 Wk
Strong Ale
1061.0
50/-
Ale
1038.0
60/-
Ale
1053.0
80/-
Ale
1068.0
DBS
Stout
1076.0
H 60/-
Ale
1047.0
P
Pale Ale
1051.0
S Ext
Pale Ale
1071.0
S1
Stout
1078.0
S1 Sp
Stout
1076.0
S2
Stout
1068.0
S3
Stout
1055.0
Special S1 Hong Kong
Stout
1077.0
T
Table Beer
1032.0
T
Table Beer
1034.0
X
Mild
1063.0
XP
Pale Ale
1057.0
XPS
Pale Ale
1057.0
XX
Mild
1061.0
XXX
Mild
1071.0
Source:
William Younger brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number WY/6/1/2/34.
What's the weirdness, then? I hear you ask. With No. 3. They brewed a standard a strong and a weak version. The strong one being just about as strong as No. 1. So why not just brew No.1? I really can't see the point. As for the weaker one, why not simply call it No. 4? A beer which they had brewed at one point.
William Younger numbered Strong Ales in 1888
Beer
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lbs hops/ qtr
hops lb/brl
dry hops (oz / barrel)
1
1106.0
1038.0
9.00
64.15%
22.73
11.73
14.08
3 Strong
1101.0
1033.0
9.00
67.33%
12.80
6.30
19.78
2
1091.0
1035.0
7.41
61.54%
9.4
4.17
10.00
3 Sp
1081.0
1022.0
7.81
72.84%
12.43
4.59
0.00
3
1080.0
1030.0
6.61
62.50%
10.50
3.91
9.38
3 Weak
1061.0
1018.0
5.69
70.49%
8.17
2.11
0.00
Source:
William Younger brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number WY/6/1/2/34.
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